Days 33 & 34 didn’t have bikes. This is Day 35, all within the 57mi over Furka Pass, around the Hotel Belvédère, past the Rhône Glacier, down dirt tracks, through forests, across stone bridges.
Days 31 & 32. 102mi over Switzerland’s Albula and Oberalp mountain passes.
Day 30. 56mi across the border into Switzerland, a bit west of Zernez. Albula Pass in the morning.
Days 27-29. 129mi with a stop in Hall in Tirol. A bit of rain today, and the suggestion of more tomorrow. Currently ~15mi from the Swiss border. Our next break is Andermatt, Switzerland, 162mi and 19,000ft of climbing away.
Day 26. 60mi to Kossen after a long 20% grade out of the gate. But it got better.
Days 23, 24, 25. 70mi to Hallein, Austria after a couple chill days strolling in the mountains above Gröbming and through the ice cave near Werfen. Mountains are pretty.
Days 21 & 22. 95mi through Gesäuse National Park to Gröbming. Alps and roadside honor liquor.
Day 20. 65mi to Losenstein, Austria. So long farms and forests.
Day 19. 50mi to Bad Leonfelden. In and out of the forests of Southern Bohemia, chased by thunderstorms, across the border into Austria.
Days 17 & 18. 66mi to České Budějovice. Forests, dirt roads, castle walls, surprise 12% grades.
